For me it is the lenght of the game, sure i do like 2D and do like 3D, some good came out like Mafia, Medal of Honor, GTA3 lately but it makes me mad that most of these games don't go over 20 hours of gameplay! I prefer less good graphics but solid gameplay and long veryyyyyyy long...
Like Diablo, Loom, Elite, Syndicate, Gran Turismo, Dune, Midwinter, Captain Blood, Suidoken and much more....
Anyway games that are long and fun... Stop making clone version 1605456 of doom with 8 hours of playtime like the latest...Unreal...

Ahhh someone that knows the game sorry wrote Suidoken always mixed the name never sure if it is suikoden or suidoken, anyway in case people ask what it is, it is a RPG (Final Fantasy kind) made for Playstation, it was great because you was able to play with a max of 108 characters while you choice 6 of them at max for your missions, but by chosing them some could combine and make special attacks... and much more... Probably the best game i played on Playstation next to Gran Turismo.

Sorry to continue off-topic for a second here folks! And lets not forget the great little touches in Suikoden like as your army expanded your Home base/Castle continued to expand & have features added to it!
Originally played it on rental,then after fruitless searching finally managed to secure it about a year or so ago-my biggest regret /annoyance is never being being able to get the sequel.
Although not in the FF class of depth, its still a great game.

Anyway,back on topic (somewhat!). Finally had a look at Pirates to see what the fuss was about-sailing around takes some getting used to,& quite fiddly,one go saw my ships wiped out in seconds for supposedly brushing too close to the shoreline, but before I even had time to react with changing the mouse pointer it'd smashed my mini-fleet in seconds.

Plus,on a another try, followed the stuffy governer's whims about taking on their enemies, took out an enemy merchant ship & when I tried to return back to port they sunk one of my ships for no bloody good reason!

I must admit,a map to navigate what island is what would be handy, it's very easy to become lost!